The school is at the foot of the Italian Dolomites
Aviano Middle/High School (previously Aviano American High School) is a Department of Defense Education Activity secondary school located on the Italian owned NATO Air Base in Aviano, Italy which hosts the 31st Fighter Wing. The majority of students are dependents of active duty military personnel, DoD employees, contractors and diplomats, although a small percentage are children of other English speaking expatriates or local Italian residents.
As of the 2008–2009 school year, Aviano Middle School and Aviano High School were joined into one school serving grades 6-12. It is classified as a Division II school in DoDDS Europe.
The athletic program at Aviano Middle/High School is open to high school students and some middle school students. Competitions take place throughout the year in the DoDDS Europe Division II league as well as the American International Schools Italian League. Athletes follow the DoDDS Europe athletic code.
The purpose of the student government at Aviano is to provide everyone with a chance to have a say in what goes on in the student body. The student government acts as advocates to the administration on behalf of students. They also organize school events such as pep rallies and dances. Each office is headed by a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and a Public Relations officer.
Executive Office – Serves as main advocates for the school, handles school wide issues. Officers are elected by the students.
Senior Class – Handles senior issues and events including graduation. Officers are elected by 12th grade students
Junior Class – Organizes the Junior and Senior Prom, handles Junior issues, officers are elected by 11th grade students
Sophomore Class – Handles Sophomore issues, officers are elected by 10th grade students
Freshmen Class – Handles Freshmen issues, officers are elected by 9th grade students
Advanced/Accelerated and International Baccalaureate (IB) courses
Aviano Middle/High School offers Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses for high school students.
The Honors World Literature and History classes are combined classes. Students who take one must take the other and receive a joint performance grade that is averaged together.
The AP classes are weighted grades on a student's GPA.
This list is incomplete. Some DoDEA communities in the United States are zoned to non-DoDEA public schools for middle school and high school or for high school. See also: Template:Bureau of Indian Education (federal Native American school system) Template:Directorate Children and Young People (British military school system)
